

Earth
Envisioning an equitable, inclusive low-carbon future
“Some say working on climate is a marathon, not a sprint, but it’s more an ultramarathon...
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Portable device can quickly detect plant stress
January 3, 2021Researchers at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL)...
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Making smart thermostats more efficient
December 17, 2020Buildings account for about 40 percent of U.S. energy consumption, and are responsible for one-third of...
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2020 MIT Water Summit brings international audiences together to discuss resilience
December 17, 2020Earlier this semester, the MIT student group The Water Club gathered to discuss topics for their...
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With campus as a test bed, climate action starts and continues at MIT
December 17, 2020In 2015, MIT set a goal to reduce its annual greenhouse gas emissions by a minimum...
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On planetary change and human health
December 17, 2020When anthropologist Amy Moran-Thomas first went to Belize to begin ethnographic research in 2008, she planned...
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Discovery allows early detection of shade avoidance syndrome
December 17, 2020Researchers from the Disruptive and Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group within the...
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MIT oceanographers have an explanation for the Arctic’s puzzling ocean turbulence
December 14, 2020Eddies are often seen as the weather of the ocean. Like large-scale circulations in the atmosphere,...